Penny

Penny,

you knew fighting

this losing battle

would be no stroll

on a calm beach.

And daughter,

now you know

that to challenge Goliath

when you are David,

when you have nothing,

…feel like nothing…

and you have no wealth,

no allies, no power-

that it’s like a penny

challenging a million bucks!

But you know, too

when everything is gone

…everything is lost…

and you lose…

and you’re lost…

like I lost…

…you still win.

Because you are one-

one in a million,

my Penny…

The lie

Daddy-

did you know

that you lied?

 

Did you know-

what they know-

is a lie?

 

Did you know

that you died that day-

That day mom lied,

And you cried,

when she lied-

and she died.

 

Daddy,

did you know-

that they lied?

 

The lie they lied,

when they bit your pride

and made you decide

that life was now denied

because your soulmate died?

 

But let ‘they’ ride

to that negative upside

because you should know-

 

You should know, daddy-

 

That they lied that day

Giving up that day,

Lying down that day

That day; I cried-

When you died-

And you lied…

Rest

I need to rest

to break away

from this tangling rut

I need to escape 

from these chains

keeping me hostage

I need to leave

to get away 

from this choking hold

I need to fly away

because these manacles hold me

bind me

suffocate me

keep me down, down, down…

and I remain a prisoner

because fear keeps me

from reaching through the bars

and touching that light

If I could have one wish

I would wish for freedom

from doubt

from that suffocating fear

that stills my breath

and keeps me dear…